Relatively Quotes

484 quotes by 425 authors

My parents are both very funny but they're also relatively soft-spoken, normal human beings while I'm just a lunatic. I don't know where this loud,… — Emma Stone
For a crowd to be smart, the people in it need to be not only diverse in their perspectives but also, relatively speaking, independent of… — James Surowiecki
Lower oil prices won't, by themselves, topple the mullahs in Iran. But it's significant that, historically, when oil prices have been low, Iranian reformers have… — James Surowiecki
Some solutions are relatively simple and would provide economic benefits: implementing measures to conserve energy, putting a price on carbon through taxes and cap-and-trade and… — David Suzuki
You know, I used to live in Russia where you had officers in the military opening up the warehouses at night and taking weapons out… — Matt Taibbi
I think that there is a relatively small number of people who are pushing for independence in Taiwan. — Fred Thompson
Before Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962, he was an angry, relatively young man. He founded the ANC's military wing. When he was released, he… — Desmond Tutu
When you get into the whole field of exploring, probably 90 percent of the kinds of organisms, plants, animals and especially microorganisms and tiny invertebrate… — E. O. Wilson
Until relatively recently, law enforcement's ability to determine an individual's location and track their movements was largely limited to natural human powers of observation. — Ron Wyden
Now I'm starting, relatively, to think straight again. I live one day at a time, one hour at a time. What makes it all worthwhile… — Paula Yates
In the early nineties, I was a cub reporter on a city newspaper in Limerick, and assigned to the courthouse there. One day, an old… — Kevin Barry
I went to SXSW in 2011. God, that was awful. I mean, I only went because my publisher wanted me to promote the book and… — Evgeny Morozov
Jobs, as such, are a relatively new concept. People may have always worked, but until the advent of the corporation in the early Renaissance, most… — Douglas Rushkoff
There are certain people in whom you can detect the seeds of madness - seeds that have remained dormant only because the people in question… — ZoÃ« Heller
The relatively conscious whites and the relatively conscious blacks, who must, like lovers, insist on, or create, the consciousness of the others in order to… — James A. Baldwin
If a man we don't know phones us up one day and talks a little, makes no suggestions, says nothing special, but nevertheless pays us… — Paulo Coelho
My importance to the world is relatively small. On the other hand, my importance to myself is tremendous. I am all I have to work… — Noel Coward
I believe in a relatively equal society, supported by institutions that limit extremes of wealth and poverty. I believe in democracy, civil liberties, and the… — Paul Krugman
I think it's relatively easy for people to accept something like telepathy or precognition or teleplasm because their willingness to believe doesn't cost them anything.… — Stephen King
I try more and more to be myself, caring relatively little whether people approve or disapprove. — Vincent Van Gogh

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